The Game Commission manages Pennsylvania's wild birds, wild mammals, and their habitats for current and future generations.

For more than 100 years, the Game Commission has managed the Commonwealth's wildlife resources for all Pennsylvanians. With the help of more than 700 full-time employees and thousands of part-timers and volunteers, the agency provides a host of benefits to wildlife, state residents, and visitors.

3 days ago · HARRISBURG -- Due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that is currently affecting many parts of the state, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is restricting public access at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, effective Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. With the continued warming trends and the anticipated arrival of snow geese to Middle Creek, this decision was made out of an abundance of ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) is the state agency responsible for wildlife conservation and management in Pennsylvania in the United States.

pennsylvania game commission customer updates The specialty plate, available now through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), is adorned with artwork featuring iconic Pennsylvania hunting, fishing, and boating imagery including the white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, and anglers fishing from a kayak on a scenic river.

Sep 20, 2024 · To help meet the management goals the Game Commission created a new extended rifle season for antlerless deer which is Jan. 2-20 in Wildlife Manage Units 4A, 4D and 5A.

Jan 29, 2025 · Hunters will gain access to 2,000 acres of new public land when 11 land acquisitions are finalized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission this year.. The agency’s board of commissioners on Jan. 25 ...

2 days ago · Pennsylvania Game Commission research crew members from the study area in northeast Pennsylvania, Andrew Cushman, Alex Sessock, Karissa Hough and Rachel Olver, along with the northeast region wildlife management supervisor, Kevin Wenner, had another successful turkey trapping for their efforts in the research project last week, bringing them closer to their seasonal goal.

Pennsylvania Game Commission Mapping Center Updated Mapping Center offering outdoor enthusiasts a way to customize their own maps with this easy-to-use resource allowing users to search, discover and print State Game Lands maps with features including aerial photographs, topographic base maps

1 day ago · The Pennsylvania Game Commission held an undercover operation in December 2023 and charged a drone operator, Joshua T. Wingenroth, 35, of Downingtown, for attempting to use a drone to find a ...